Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
I dreamed about them cotton fields of home
I dreamed about my mother, dear old pappy,
sister and brother
And I dreamed about the girl
who's been waiting  for so long
I wanna go home I wanna go home
Oh, how I wanna go home
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write
they think I'm just fine, yes they do
But by day I make the cars and by night
I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines

SPOKEN
[ 'cause you know I rode a freight train north
to Detroit City
And after all these years
I find I've just been wasting my time
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna take my foolish pride
Get it on a southbound freight and let it ride
I'm gonna go back to the loved ones
The ones I left waiting so far behind]

I wanna go home, yeah I wanna go home Oh,
how I wanna go home  [Can't you hear me?]
I wanna go home Whoa, baby I wanna go home
Oh, how I wanna go home  [Somebody help me]
I wanna go home, yeah I wanna go home, whoa oh
Oh, how I wanna go home Hmm, I wanna go home